“A long part?”
“No. I just had to say to uncle, ‘Won’t you give her another chance?’ His erring wife had just returned to him.”
“Did you do it well?”
“No. Uncle said no one who wasn’t at the back of the stage could hear me.”
“Oh! Did you like it?”
“Yes. I felt funny like.”
Mr. Mole coughed. Matilda stopped.
“What did I say?”
“Funny like.”
“Don’t people say that?”